Richard Kittrell Gully, age 76, passed away on June 27, 2017.
Funeral services were held on Friday, June 30, 2017 at Wildwood Baptist Church in Acworth. Pastor Ric Cadle officiated. A short burial service was held on Saturday, July 1, 2017 in the Bay Springs Free Will Baptist Church sanctuary in Eastman.
A native of Meridian, Mississippi, Mr. Gully was a proud graduate of Mercer University in Macon. After a long and successful career, he enjoyed retirement to the fullest. He loved spending time with his wife of 41 years and his nine grandchildren. He truly had a servant’s heart, devoting much of his time to The Gideons International, ministering within the Cobb County prison system and teaching at Wildwood Baptist Church.
Mr. Gully is survived by his wife, Gail Gully of Woodstock; four sons, Richard Gully, Jr. of Greenville, South Caroline, Brandt (Cheryl Gully of Marietta, Todd (Tina) Lewis of Washington and David Lewis of Marietta; one daughter, Cheryl (Rob) McCrorey of Huntersville, North Carolina; nine grandchildren, Richard Gully III, Thomas Gully, Emma Gully, Carolyn McCrorey, Peyton Gully, Anna Gully, Samantha Gully, Camille Lewis and Will Lewis.
Memorial donations may be made in his honor to The Gideons International; P.O. Box 841; Marietta, Georgia 30061.
Darby Funeral Home of Canton was in charge of arrangements.

William Alton “Al” Moon, Jr., age 72, died Sunday, June 25, 2017, at Haven Hospice, E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville, Florida.
A service, of ciated by J. Andrew McTyre, will be held on Friday, July 7, 2017, at 2:00 p.m., at E.T. York Haven Hospice Center in Gainesville, Florida, with a reception to follow at Haven Hospice.
Mr. Moon was born in Panama City, Florida. He grew up in Eastman, lived in Atlanta, Orlando, Ft. Lauderdale, Tallahassee and moved to Gainesville in 1998. He graduated with a Bachelor’s of Science in accounting from Florida State University and was an accountant and an auditor before retiring from the Office of Audit and Compliance Review, University of Florida in 2011.
He was preceded in death by his parents, William Alton “Bill” Moon, Sr. and Willie May “Billie” McTyre Moon.
Survivors include his wife of 26 years, Susan Jane McKinney Moon, “Susie” of Gainesville, Florida; three sons, William Alton “Bill” Moon, III and Jeffrey Edward Moon (Amanda) both of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and Paul McKinney Blair of Tallahassee, Florida; one sister: Kathryn Moon Giles (Verlyn) of Ponte Vedra, Florida and one granddaughter, Ophelia Renata Moon.
In lieu of owers, please remember Mr. Moon by making a donation to Gainesville Young Life, P.O. Box 14791, Gainesville, Florida 32604 or Haven Hospice in Gainesville, Florida.
Milam Funeral and Cremation Service in Gainesville, Florida was in charge of arrangements.

Father Michael Heffernan Smith, age 78, a priest of the Diocese of Savannah for 51 years, died at Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, on Wednesday, June 21, 2017.
Father Smith’s body was welcomed into St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in Statesboro, on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, where it lied in state until 7:00 p.m.
A vigil service, including the meditative praying of the Rosary, was held at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, at St. Matthew’s Church.
A funeral mass was celebrated on Thursday, June 29, 2017, in St. Matthew’s Church, followed by a luncheon reception in the parish’s adjoining social hall.
Prayers of commendation and burial were held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, June 30, 2017, as all were invited to gather at the Priests’ Plot of the Catholic Cemetery in Savannah. This was followed by a luncheon for attending priests and family members at the Diocesan Pastoral Center in Savannah.
A native of Augusta, Father Smith was ordained by Bishop Thomas J. McDonough at St. Mary on the Hill Church in Augusta in 1966. He began his priestly service as an assistant pastor at Blessed Sacrament Parish in Savannah. During the period from 1968 to 1979 he served as director of the Department of Christian Formation and the director of Camp Villa Marie in Savannah.
Father Smith was pastor of St. Anthony Church in Savannah (now Resurrection of Our Lord) from 1979 to 1988, pastor of St. Matthew Church in Statesboro and St. Boniface Church in Springfield from 1988 to 1997 and pastor of Holy Redeemer Church in McRae and its mission, St. Mark Church in Eastman from 1997 to 2001.
He retired after serving as pastor of Immaculate Conception Church in Moultrie and St. John Vianney Mission in Camilla from 2001 to 2007. He has been living in retirement in Statesboro. Father Smith was preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Anna Heffernan Smith and one brother, David Smith.
Survivors include one sister, Anne (Joseph) Melanson; one niece, Cathy (Joe) Perry; four nephews, Daniel (Brenda), Stephen (Nikki), Paul and Andrew; one sister-in-law, Gloria Smith; seven great nieces and nephews and his brother priests, especially Father Tom Nellis and members of the Jesus Caritas fraternity.
Memorials may be made to ICMC, an international Catholic organization, serving the needs of refugees and migrants, 14 Beacon Street, Suite 610, Boston, Massachusetts 02108; Ogeechee Area Hospice in Statesboro, where Father Smith nished his earthly journey or St. Matthew Catholic Church in Statesboro, where Father Smith was pastor for nine years and later ministered during retirement.
Hodges-Moore Funeral Home of Statesboro was in charge of arrangements.

Dear editor:
I used to feel unwelcome at church. That might sound strange for a pastor to say, but I left the church for the better part of ten years because, in large part, I felt judged by the church. It seemed that I didn’t fit a prescribed mold, and so I figured the church wasn’t for me.
I shared that story on my first Sunday, and have discovered so many folks here at Eastman First (United Methodist Church) resonate with just such a journey. If that resonates with you, we invite you to join us on the journey of faith at our 8:45 a.m. or 11:00 a.m. worship services. We welcome you as you are, whether you tend to fit molds or break them.
Learn more about us at our new blog: eastmanfumc.wordpress.com or e-mail me at tgoshorn83@gmail.com. I look forward to connecting with you.
Peace,
Reverend Ted Goshorn

Never visit North Korea, even with a school or church group. You will be lucky to get out alive.
Atlanta is the city of disposable stadiums.
Liberals say they’re going to “save” Social Security. What they’re trying to do is save it for the illegal invaders, the pre-Democrats.
The devastated Demoleft Party thought they were going to eradicate the Republicans in 2016. Pollsters seemed to agree, but voters did not.
“That’s the Obama lesson. He came from nowhere and became president. Hillary came from somewhere and went nowhere.”
Peter Lee on Unz.com 4-27-17
A Canadian sniper took down an ISIS combatant from 11,316 feet away, a record distance of about 2.2 miles. Obama now lives 2.1 miles from the White House. He lives behind a wall, of course!
David Brooks, the New York Times’ token “conservative” writer isn’t conservative and not good at predictions, either.
“Those who walked with Trump will be tainted forever after for the degradation of standards and the general election slaughter.”
David Brooks, 4-29-16, and he’s still writing
nonsense today – amazing, isn’t it, noted in the
P.J. Gladnick column on Newsbusters.org 4-29-16
Joe Sobran explains the conventional wisdom: “what everybody thinks everybody thinks.”
President Obama wanted a taller fence around the White House and got one in April 2016 as the Secret Service raised the height of the fence by five feet while adding a new concrete foundation. The old fence was 6 feet tall when Obama derided it as too short and the new one is 11 feet tall. It’s walls for Obama, open borders for the rest of us. He nearly doubles the national debt while nearly doubling the height of the White House fence.
Florida black voters voted 96 percent for Obama in 2008.
John Morgan, of the Morgan and Morgan law firm, is said to be considering running for governor of Florida as a Democrat. He is a wealthy liberal Obama supporter. Morgan and Morgan: for the liberals.[Full Story »]

The Eastman Police Department reported the following arrests made from June 19, 2017 through July 3, 2017.

Michael Guyton, age 44, of Eastman, was arrested for battery, family violence and false imprisonment.

Jason Marshall, age 35, of Eastman, was arrested for possession of methamphetamine and a failure to pay bench warrant.

Tommie Riley, age 65, of Eastman, was arrested for habitual violator driving.

Waylon Huff, age 22, of Eastman, was arrested for a probation violation and safety belt violation (adults).

Kojack Thomas, age 18, of Eastman, was arrested for affray.

Alija Pennamon, age 18, of Eastman, was arrested for affray.

A juvenile, age 15, of Alamo, was arrested for affray.

Bobby Fordham, age 64, of Eastman, was arrested for driving while license is suspended and/or revoked, habitual violator, no insurance and no tag.

Edwin Williams, age 51, of Eastman, was arrested for possession of Schedule IV drugs, three counts of sale and/or delivery and/or distribution of synthetic narcotics, possession of cocaine and crossing the guard line with weapons or drugs.

Kenneth Edwards, age 40, of Eastman, was arrested for possession of marijuana, less than one ounce.

Lexus Kemp, age 17, of Eastman, was arrested for a probation violation.

Dorothy Cross, age 47, of Baxley, was arrested for driving while unlicensed or with an expired and/or new resident.

Nancy Knight, age 20, of Eastman, was arrested for battery, family violence and cruelty to children in the third degree.

Tammie Brisco, age 40, of Eastman, was arrested for cruelty to children in the third degree.

Clinton Drake, age 30, of Eastman, was arrested for possession of firearms by a convicted felon and probation violation.[Full Story »]

Mattie Susan Fluellen, age 80, died Sunday, June 18, 2017, at the Heart of Georgia Nursing Home in Eastman.
Funeral services were held on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at 11:00 a.m., at the Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with Bishop Curtis Collins officiating. Dr. George Fluellen was the eulogist.
Mrs. Fluellen came to Eastman more than 50 years ago. She worked for many years in the Dodge County Public School system as a cook. She later worked at the Middle Georgia Nursing Home in Eastman. She loved fishing and was known for her obsession of putting away vegetables and fruit. She was a member of Sugar Creek Baptist Church for many years and sang in the choir. Mrs. Fluellen was preceded in death by her parents, Ollie Mae Knighton Hartage and Ozie Harris and two sisters, Rosa Lee Davis and Marie Knighton.
Survivors include two sons, Willie James Knighton, Sr. of Lake Placid, Florida and Bennie Fluellen, Jr. (Delores) of Cincinnati, Ohio; four grandchildren, Willie Knighton, Jr. of Dublin, Fabeaun Knighton of Atlanta, Anitra Fluellen-Scott of Cincinnati, Ohio and Quincey Young of Eastman; 14 great-grandchildren; one sister, Geneva Hunt of Americus and two nieces, Sylvia Floyd of Eastman and Shirley Trice of Americus.
Rollins Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.

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CONDEMNATIONS
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
CIVIL AC­TION NO.
17V-8095 Par­cel 121
DE­PART­MENT OF TRANS­POR­TA­TION
v.
CER­TAIN EASE­MENT RIGHTS; AND HEIRS OF SID SCAR­BOR­OUGH; JOHN J. THOMP­SON; AND DODGE COUN­TY TAX COM­MIS­SI­SON­ER, IN­DI­VIDU­AL­LY
SUM­MONS
TO: HEIRS OF SID SCAR­BOR­OUGH
You are here­by no­ti­fied that the above-styled con­dem­na­tion ac­tion was filed against you in said court on March 21, 2017, and that by rea­son of an Or­der for serv­ice of sum­mons by pub­li­ca­tion en­tered by the court on May 30, 2017, you are here­by com­mand­ed and re­quired to file with the clerk of said court and serve upon WIL­LIAM C. HAR­RIS, Plain­tiff’s at­tor­ney, whose ad­dress is HAR­RIS & JAMES, LLP, 3573 Vi­ne­ville Ave­nue, P.O. Box 4866, Mac­on, Geor­gia 31208, an an­swer to the com­plaint with­in six­ty (60) days of the date of the or­der for serv­ice by pub­li­ca­tion.
Wit­ness the Hon­or­able H. Fred­er­ick Mul­lis, Jr., judge of said court.
This the 8th day of June, 2017.
Rhett Walk­er
Clerk of Su­pe­ri­or Court
Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia
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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF
PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00
Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on May 25, 2017, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
STIHL CHAIN SAW,
HUSQ­VAR­NA CHAIN SAW, NO. 20653300427; POU­LAN PRO CHAIN SAW IN CASE, NO. 17031N501017-1; DE­WALT CHOP SAW, NO. 43188; 1977 SS250
HAR­LEY DA­VID­SON
MO­TOR­CY­CLE, NO. 6D1078H8; KIK­KER 250 ROL­LING
CHAS­SIS WITH BRAGS AND STRA­TON MO­TOR;
SHOV­EL HEAD HAR­LEY
DA­VID­SON MO­TOR; HAR­LEY DA­VID­SON TRANS­MIS­SION; 1994 TOYO­TA TRUCK, VIN# 4TARN01PXRZ224966; 1997
NIS­SAN KING CAB TRUCK, VIN# 1N6SD16SXVC311353,
TAG# PZP2737 AND A HON­DA
AC­CORD, VIN#
1HGCD7266RA038496,
TAG# RCD9799.
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in (30) days of the sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 7th day of JUNE, 2017.
CHRIS­TO­PHER C. GOR­DON
As­sis­tant Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, GA 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
TONY RID­DLE
Oco­nee Drug Task Force
327 Pearl Bates Ave­nue
East­man, GA 31023
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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF
PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00
Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on JUNE 1, 2017, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
2009 IN­FIN­I­TY G37,
VIN# JNKCV61E39M305105; TWO THOU­SAND FOR­TY TWO DOL­LARS ($2,042.00) IN UNIT­ED STATES CUR­REN­CY.
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in (30) days of the sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 13th day of JUNE, 2017.
CHRIS­TO­PHER C. GOR­DON
As­sis­tant Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, GA 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
JOR­DAN PEA­VY
Oco­nee Drug Task Force
327 Pearl Bates Ave­nue
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
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NO­TICE OF SEI­ZURE OF
PER­SON­AL PROP­ER­TY VALUED AT LESS THAN $25,000.00
Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, any par­ty claim­ing an in­ter­est in the fol­low­ing prop­er­ty is here­by no­ti­fied that on JUNE 1, 2017, said prop­er­ty was seized by the un­der­signed agen­cy in Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia:
SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY DOLLARS ($760.00) IN UNIT­ED STATES CUR­REN­CY.
You are fur­ther no­ti­fied that you may file a claim with­in (30) days of the
sec­ond pub­li­ca­tion of this no­tice of sei­zure by send­ing a claim com­ply­ing with the re­quire­ments of O.C.G.A. § 9-16-1, Et Seq, to the seiz­ing law en­force­ment agen­cy and to the dis­trict at­tor­ney by cer­ti­fied mail, re­turn re­ceipt re­quest­ed.
This 13th day of JUNE, 2017.
CHRIS­TO­PHER C. GOR­DON
As­sis­tant Dis­trict At­tor­ney
Oco­nee Ju­di­cial Cir­cuit
P.O. Box 1027
5401 An­son Ave­nue, Room 200
East­man, GA 31023
Seiz­ing Agen­cy:
JOR­DAN PEA­VY
Oco­nee Drug Task Force
327 Pearl Bates Ave­nue
East­man, Geor­gia 31023

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DEBTORS AND CREDITORS
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
RE: ES­TATE OF MAR­JOR­IE FISH­ER BABB, DE­CEASED
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of MAR­JOR­IE F. BABB, de­ceased, late of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, are here­by no­ti­fied to render their de­mands to the un­der­signed ac­cord­ing to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to Ex­ec­u­tor.
This 6th day of June, 2017.
ANN BABB BLOOD­WORTH,
Ex­ec­u­tor
29 Fal­con Lane
East­man, GA 31023
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GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
All of the credi­tors of the Es­tate of DA­VID DUR­HAM, late of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, are here­by no­ti­fied to render their de­mands to the un­der­signed, the Per­son­al Rep­re­sen­ta­tive of the Es­tate of the said de­ceased, ac­cord­ing to law. All per­sons in­debt­ed to the Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to the un­der­signed.
This 19th day of June, 2017.
AL­BERT LEE DUR­HAM
713 AF Gra­ham Drive
Apt. 11B
East­man, GA 31023
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF TER­E­SA CAR­O­LYN LIG­GIN
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of TER­E­SA CAR­O­LYN LIG­GIN are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed in ac­cor­dance with the law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to me.
This the 21st day of June, 2017.
GEORGE W. LIG­GIN, JR.,
Ad­min­is­tra­tor With The Will
An­nexed of the
Es­tate of TER­E­SA CAR­O­LYN
LIG­GIN, De­ceased
GEORGE W. LIG­GIN, JR.
P. O. Box 664
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF DON­ALD WAYNE LEATH­ER­BURY
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of DON­ALD WAYNE LEATH­ER­BURY, late of Dodge Coun­ty, de­ceased, are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed ac­cord­ing to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment.
THIS 22nd Day of June 2017.
EX­EC­U­TOR:
DONA BROST
1884 Point Riv­er Dr.
Du­luth, GA 30097
AT­TOR­NEY:
SI­LAS M. HAR­RING­TON JR.
Smith and Har­ring­ton
P.O. Box 130
East­man GA 31023
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NO­TICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDI­TORS
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY OF DODGE
IN RE: ES­TATE OF NOR­EEN MOR­RIS
All credi­tors of the Es­tate of NOR­EEN MOR­RIS are here­by no­ti­fied to render in their de­mands to the un­der­signed in ac­cor­dance with the law, and all per­sons in­debt­ed to said Es­tate are re­quired to make im­me­diate pay­ment to me.
This the 21st day of June, 2017.
MAR­I­LYN MUL­LIS,
Ex­ec­u­tor of the
Es­tate of NOR­EEN MOR­RIS,
De­ceased
MAR­I­LYN MUL­LIS
88 Don­ald Lane
East­man, Geor­gia 31023

1010
FAMILY, CHILDREN, YOUTH
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IN THE JU­VE­NILE COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
PE­TI­TION # 045-15J-3038
IN THE MAT­TER OF
A. N. C.
Sex F, Age: 3, DOB: 04/29/2014
K. A. L. C.
Sex: M, Age: 1, DOB: 06/05/2015
MINOR CHILD­REN UN­DER AGE 18
PE­TI­TION TO TER­MI­NATE PAR­EN­TAL RIGHTS AND PLACE CUS­TO­DY WITH THE GEOR­GIA DE­PART­MENT OF HU­MAN RE­SOURC­ES, ACT­ING THROUGH THE DODGE COUN­TY
DE­PART­MENT OF FAM­I­LY AND CHILD­REN SERV­IC­ES
AMEND­ED SUM­MONS AND PRO­CESS
FOR PE­TI­TION TO TER­MI­NATE PAR­EN­TAL RIGHTS
TO: CAM­ER­ON EAST­LAND and ANY UN­KNOWN UN­NAMED PU­TA­TIVE FA­THERS, and ANY OTH­ER UN­KNOWN OTH­ERS CLAIM­ING AN IN­TER­EST IN THE MINOR CHILD­REN NAMED ABOVE.
By Or­der for Serv­ice by Pub­li­ca­tion dat­ed March 21, 2017, you are re­quired to ap­pear be­fore the Ju­ve­nile Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia to an­swer the al­le­ga­tions of a Pe­ti­tion to Ter­mi­nate Par­en­tal Rights filed on March 6, 2017, by the Dodge Coun­ty De­part­ment of Fam­i­ly and Child­ren Serv­ic­es. You may ob­tain a free copy of the pe­ti­tion di­rect­ly or by mail from the clerk of said court. The gen­er­al na­ture of the al­le­ga­tions are that the child is a de­pend­ent child and the de­pend­ent state is like­ly to con­tin­ue and cause seri­ous phys­i­cal, men­tal, emo­tion­al, or mor­al harm to the child un­less the rights of the par­ents are ter­mi­nat­ed. THE COURT HEAR­ING OF YOUR CASE HAS BEEN SCHED­ULED FOR AU­GUST 17, 2017, AT 10:00 A.M., AT THE PU­LAS­KI COUN­TY COURT­HOUSE IN HAW­KINS­VILLE, GEOR­GIA.
The court at tri­al can ent­er a judg­ment end­ing your rights to the child if you fail to ap­pear and show cause why your par­en­tal rights should not be ter­mi­nat­ed. A bio­log­i­cal fa­ther may lose all rights to the child and not be en­ti­tled to ob­ject to the ter­mi­na­tion of his rights un­less, with­in 30 days of re­ceipt of this no­tice, he files: (1) a pe­ti­tion to le­git­i­mate the child; and (2) a no­tice of the fil­ing of the pe­ti­tion to le­git­i­mate with the Ju­ve­nile Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia.
A par­ty has the right to an at­tor­ney in this pro­ceed­ing. If you are un­able to hire an at­tor­ney, the Court will ap­point one for you if you are an in­di­gent per­son.
If you have any ques­tions con­cern­ing this no­tice of sum­mons, con­tact the clerk’s of­fice at 478-374-2871.
WIT­NESS, the Hon­or­able SHER­RI MCDON­ALD, Judge Pro Tem of said court, this the 10th day of May, 2017.
RHETT WALK­ER
(Depu­ty) Clerk, Ju­ve­nile Court
Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia

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FORECLOSURES
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STATE OF GEOR­GIA
COUN­TY of DODGE
NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
By vir­tue of the pow­er of sale con­tained in that cer­tain Deed to Se­cure Debt from ANNA WHA­TLEY to MAC­ON MORT­GAGE dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002, filed for record No­vem­ber 1, 2002, and record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 93, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC. by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 422, Page 113, DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records. Said Deed to Se­cure Debt hav­ing been given to se­cure a Note dat­ed Oc­tob­er 21, 2002 in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal sum of FIF­TY THREE THOU­SAND SIX HUNDRED AND 0/100 DOL­LARS ($53,600.00), with in­ter­est from date at the rate stated in said Note on the un­paid bal­ance un­til paid, there will be sold by the un­der­signed at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the Court­house door at DODGE Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as has or may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive lo­ca­tion, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the first Wed­nes­day in July, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
ALL THAT TRACT OR PAR­CEL OF LAND LY­ING AND BE­ING IN LAND LOT NO. 276 IN THE 16TH LAND DIS­TRICT OF DODGE COUN­TY, GEOR­GIA, CON­SIST­ING OF 2.01 ACR­ES, MORE OR LESS, AND BE­ING MORE PAR­TICU­LAR­LY DE­SCRIBED AS FOL­LOWS: TO ES­TAB­LISH THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, BE­GIN AT THE IN­TER­SEC­TION FORMED BY THE CEN­TER­LINE OF OLD EASTMAN & DU­BLIN ROAD AND THE NORTH­WEST LOT LINE OF SAID LAND LOT; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID NORTH­WEST LAND LOT LINE A SOUTH­WEST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE 527.76 FEET TO A FENCE POST; THENCE RUN ALONG A FENCE IN A SOUTH­EAST­ER­LY DI­REC­TION A DIS­TANCE OF 414.66 FEET TO THE POINT OF BE­GIN­NING AND FROM SAID POINT OF BE­GIN­NING, THUS ES­TAB­LISHED, THENCE RUN SOUTH 06 DE­GREES 52 MINUTES 30 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 418.86 FEET TO A POINT LO­CAT­ED ON THE NORTH­EAST RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAN­TIE DRIVE; THENCE RUN ALONG SAID RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF LAN­TIE DRIVE SOUTH 79 DE­GREES 05 MINUTES 40 SEC­ONDS EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 210 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 06 DE­GREES 52 MINUTES 30 SEC­ONDS EAST A DIS­TANCE OF 418.45 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE RUN NORTH 78 DE­GREES 58 MINUTES 55 SEC­ONDS WEST A DIS­TANCE OF 210.03 FEET BACK TO THE PLACE OR POINT OF BE­GIN­NING. AC­CORD­ING TO A PLAT OF SUR­VEY PRE­PARED BY JIM H. ROSS, DODGE COUN­TY SUR­VEYOR, DAT­ED 05/11/94, AND RECORD­ED IN THE OF­FICE OF THE CLERK OF DODGE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT IN PLAT BOOK 26, PAGE 185, SAID PLAT AND THE RECORD­ING THERE­OF BE­ING IN­COR­PO­RAT­ED HERE­IN AND MADE A PART HERE­OF BY REF­ER­ENCE FOR DE­SCRIP­TIVE AND ALL OTH­ER LE­GAL PUR­POS­ES.
To the best of the knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is ANNA WHA­TLEY or a ten­ant or ten­ants. Said prop­er­ty may more com­mon­ly be known as: 34 LAN­TIE DRIVE, EAST­MAN, GA 31023.
The debt se­cured by said Deed to Se­cure Debt has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, non-pay­ment of the month­ly in­stall­ments on said loan. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
The in­di­vid­u­al or ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the loan is CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC., 1000 TECH­NOL­O­GY DRIVE, O’FAL­LON, MO 63368-2239; (866) 272-4749.
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, wheth­er or not now due and pay­able), the right of re­demp­tion of any tax­ing au­thor­i­ty, any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed. Pur­su­ant to O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 9-13-172.1, which al­lows for cer­tain pro­cedures re­gard­ing the re­scis­sion of ju­di­cial and non­ju­di­cial sales in the State of Geor­gia, the Deed Un­der Pow­er and oth­er fore­clo­sure docu­ments may not be pro­vid­ed un­til fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan as pro­vid­ed in the pre­ced­ing para­graph. *Auc­tion serv­ic­es to be pro­vid­ed by Auc­tion.com (www.auc­tion.com)*
CIT­I­MORT­GAGE, INC.,
SUC­CES­SOR BY MERG­ER TO ABN AMRO MORT­GAGE GROUP, INC.
As At­tor­ney-in-Fact for
ANNA WHA­TLEY
PHE­LAN HAL­LI­NAN DI­A­MOND & JONES, PLLC
11675 Great Oaks Way, Su­ite 375
Al­pha­re­tta, GA 30022
Tel­e­phone: 770-393-4300
Fax: 770-393-4310
PH # 33469
This law firm is act­ing as a debt col­lec­tor. Any in­for­ma­tion ob­tained will be used for that pur­pose.
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NO­TICE OF SALE
UN­DER POW­ER
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
THIS IS AN AT­TEMPT TO COL­LECT A DEBT. ANY IN­FOR­MA­TION OB­TAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PUR­POSE.
Un­der and by vir­tue of the Pow­er of Sale con­tained in a Se­cur­i­ty Deed given by CON­NIE BECK to NA­TION­SCRED­IT MAN­U­FAC­TURED HOUS­ING CORP., dat­ed No­vem­ber 23, 1998, record­ed in Deed Book 318, Page 67, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, as last trans­ferred to DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC by as­sign­ment record­ed in Deed Book 837, Page 24, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia Records, con­vey­ing the af­ter-de­scribed prop­er­ty to se­cure a Note in the origi­nal prin­ci­pal amount of EIGHTY THOU­SAND SEV­EN HUNDRED NINE­TY-ONE AND 52/100 DOL­LARS ($80,791.52), with in­ter­est there­on as set forth there­in, there will be sold at pub­lic out­cry to the high­est bid­der for cash be­fore the court­house door of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, or at such place as may be law­ful­ly des­ig­nat­ed as an al­ter­na­tive, with­in the le­gal hours of sale on the first Wed­nes­day in July, 2017, the fol­low­ing de­scribed prop­er­ty:
SEE EX­HIB­IT “A” AT­TACHED HERE­TO AND MADE A PART HERE­OF
The debt se­cured by said Se­cur­i­ty Deed has been and is here­by de­clared due be­cause of, among oth­er pos­si­ble ev­ents of de­fault, fai­lure to pay the in­debt­ed­ness as and when due and in the man­ner pro­vid­ed in the Note and Se­cur­i­ty Deed. The debt re­main­ing in de­fault, this sale will be made for the pur­pose of pay­ing the same and all ex­pens­es of this sale, as pro­vid­ed in Se­cur­i­ty Deed and by law, in­clud­ing at­tor­ney’s fees (no­tice of int­ent to col­lect at­tor­ney’s fees hav­ing been given).
Said prop­er­ty will be sold sub­ject to any out­stand­ing ad valor­em tax­es (in­clud­ing tax­es which are a lien, but not yet due and pay­able), any mat­ters which might be dis­closed by an ac­cu­rate sur­vey and in­spec­tion of the prop­er­ty, any as­sess­ments, liens, en­cum­branc­es, zon­ing or­di­nanc­es, re­stric­tions, cov­en­ants, and mat­ters of record su­pe­ri­or to the Se­cur­i­ty Deed first set out above.
DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC is the hold­er of the Se­cur­i­ty Deed to the prop­er­ty in ac­cor­dance with OCGA § 44-14-162.2. The ent­i­ty that has full au­thor­i­ty to ne­go­tiate, amend, and mod­i­fy all terms of the mort­gage with the debtor is: DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC, 7360 S. KYR­ENE RD., TEM­PE, AZ 85284 800-692-8469.
To the best knowl­edge and be­lief of the un­der­signed, the par­ty in pos­ses­sion of the prop­er­ty is CON­NIE BECK or a ten­ant or ten­ants and said prop­er­ty is more com­mon­ly known as 52 PE­CAN LN, EAST­MAN, GEOR­GIA 31023.
The sale will be con­duct­ed sub­ject (1) to con­fir­ma­tion that the sale is not pro­hibi­ted un­der the U.S. Bank­rupt­cy Code and (2) to fin­al con­fir­ma­tion and au­dit of the sta­tus of the loan with the hold­er of the se­cur­i­ty deed.
DI­TECH FI­NAN­CIAL LLC
as At­tor­ney in Fact for
CON­NIE BECK
MCCAL­LA RAYM­ER LEI­BERT PIERCE, LLC
1544 Old Ala­ba­ma Road
Ros­well, Geor­gia 30076
www.fore­clo­sur­e­ho­tline.net

EX­HIB­IT “A”
All that tract or par­cel of land ly­ing and be­ing in Land Lots 41 and 20, 20th Land Dis­trict, Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia, and con­tain­ing 2.71 acr­es, more or less, and be­ing more par­ticu­lar­ly de­scribed on a plat of sur­vey pre­pared by Bil­ly Flan­ders, Reg­is­tered Land Sur­veyor, dat­ed No­vem­ber 16, 1998, and record­ed in Plat Book 29, Page 213, Clerk’s Of­fice Dodge Su­pe­ri­or Court. Said plat is in­cor­po­rat­ed here­in and made a part here­of by ref­er­ence. The Gran­tor rep­re­sents, cov­en­ants, and agrees that the 1998, Bell­crest Homes Mo­bile Home, Pal­met­to II, Se­ri­al Number GBHML31577AB, lo­cat­ed on the land is to re­main on the land and has been per­ma­nent­ly af­fixed to the land de­scribed here­in, so as to be­come a part of the real prop­er­ty.
MR/ttg 7/5/17
Our file no. 544417 - FT2
1014
MISCELLANEOUS LEGALS
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IN THE SU­PE­RI­OR COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
Civil Ac­tion File Number: 17V-8147
PARKER­SON CHURCH RE­SERVE, LLC,
Plain­tiff
vs.
E. O. MEAD­OWS, RE­SPEC­TIVE HEIRS, DE­VISEES, PER­SON­AL REP­RE­SEN­TA­TIVES AND SUC­CES­SORS IN TI­TLE,
De­fend­ant
NOTICE OF SUMMONS
TO: E. O. MEAD­OWS, RE­SPEC­TIVE HEIRS, DE­VISEES, PER­SON­AL REP­RE­SEN­TA­TIVES AND SUC­CES­SORS IN TI­TLE, De­fend­ant(s) named above:
You are here­by no­ti­fied that the above styled ac­tion seek­ing DE­CLARA­TORY RE­LIEF AND DAM­AG­ES was filed against you in the Su­pe­ri­or Court Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia on the 6th day of June, 2017 and that by rea­son of OR­DER FOR SERV­ICE BY PUB­LI­CA­TION en­tered by the Court on afore­men­tioned date, you are here­by com­mand­ed and re­quired to file with the Clerk of Su­pe­ri­or Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia and serve upon L. PER­RY AVERY, JR., Plain­tiff’s at­tor­ney, whose ad­dress is Post Of­fice Box 1446; Du­blin, Geor­gia 31040, an An­swer to the com­plaint with­in (60) days of the date of this OR­DER FOR SERV­ICE BY PUB­LI­CA­TION.
WIT­NESS, the Hon­or­able C. Michael John­son, Judge of the Su­pe­ri­or Court of Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia.
This the 20th day of June, 2017.
RHETT WALK­ER
Clerk/Depu­ty Clerk
Su­pe­ri­or Court of
Dodge Coun­ty, Geor­gia

1018
PROBATE NOTICES
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PROBATE COURT OF DODGE COUN­TY
STATE OF GEOR­GIA
In Re: ES­TATE OF CODY ALAN FLOYD,
De­ceased
Es­tate No.: P-17-9073
PE­TI­TION FOR LET­TERS OF
AD­MIN­IS­TRA­TION
NO­TICE
GEOR­GIA, DODGE COUN­TY
PROBATE COURT
TO: All in­ter­est­ed per­sons: COR­EY ASH­LEY FLOYD has pe­ti­tioned to be ap­point­ed Ad­min­is­tra­tor of the Es­tate of CODY ALAN FLOYD, de­ceased, of said Coun­ty. The Pe­ti­tion­er has also ap­plied for waiv­er of bond and/or grant of cer­tain pow­ers con­tained in O.C.G.A. Sec­tion 53-12-261.All in­ter­est­ed par­ties are here­by no­ti­fied to show cause why said Pe­ti­tion should not be grant­ed.
All ob­jec­tions to the Pe­ti­tion must be in writ­ing, set­ting forth the grounds of any such ob­jec­tions, and must be filed with the Court on or be­fore July 19, 2017. All plead­ings/ob­jec­tions must be signed be­fore a No­tary Pub­lic or be­fore a Probate Court Clerk, and fil­ing fees must be ten­dered with your plead­ings/ob­jec­tions, un­less you qual­i­fy to file as an in­di­gent par­ty.
Con­tact Probate Court per­son­nel at the fol­low­ing ad­dress/tel­e­phone number for the re­quired amount of fil­ing fees. If any ob­jec­tions are filed, a hear­ing will be sched­uled at a lat­er date. If no ob­jec­tions are filed, the Pe­ti­tion may be grant­ed with­out a hear­ing.
s/AL MCCRA­NIE, Probate Judge
5401 An­son Ave­nue
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
Tel­e­phone: 478/374-3775
JO­SEPH I. MARCH­ANT, LLC
At­tor­ney at Law
Post Of­fice Box 4218
East­man, Geor­gia 31023
Tel­e­phone No.: 478-374-1505
Fac­si­mile No.: 478-374-1512

Ruth Beauchamp Hodge, age 94, of Eastman, died Thursday, June 22, 2017, in McRae Manor Nursing Home.
Graveside funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2017 in Woodlawn Cemetery, with Reverend Mike Grenade officiating.
Mrs. Hodge was born in Dodge County, a member of Parkerson Baptist Church and a graduate of Chauncey High School. After high school, she studied radio repair in technical school and worked at Robins Air Force Base during World War II. She was a fire watchman for the Georgia Forestry Commission for several years before working as a salesperson at Walker Shoe Store. She was a loving mother and grandmother, who enjoyed sewing, crocheting, handcrafting and gardening. Mrs. Hodge was the daughter of the late Annie Jane Moore Beauchamp and John Dewey Beauchamp. She was preceded in death by her husband, Sam T. Hodge; her son, Tommy Hodge and two brothers, J.C. Beauchamp and James Beauchamp.
Survivors include one daughter, Anne H. Bowen of Eastman; four grandchildren, Amanda H. Sheffield (Charles), Shane Bowen, Jennifer Hodge and Jaden Bowen, all of Eastman; six great grandchildren, Britanni Mullis, Blake Woodard, Brooke Woodard, Ashlyn Dominy, Marleigh Horton and Mason Horton; one great-great granddaughter, Cammie Wright; one niece, Martha Padgett (Gary) of Florida and two nephews, John Beauchamp and Matt Beauchamp, both of Florida.
Stokes-Southerland Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of the arrangements.

Hazel Elizabeth Burch Tanner Youngblood, age 91, of Eastman, died Saturday, June 24, 2017, at the Heart of Georgia Nursing Home in Eastman.
Funeral services were held at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, June 27, 2017, in the chapel of Hardy-Towns Funeral Home in Eastman. Interment followed in the Bay Springs Free Will Baptist Church Cemetery in Plainfield. Mr. Ken Rogers and Reverend Trent Dykes officiated. Mrs. Youngblood was born in Dodge County, and was the daughter of the late Samuel Augustus “Gus” Burch and Grace Elizabeth Taylor Burch. She began work with BellSouth, in Macon, and was then transferred to Atlanta, where she retired from BellSouth after a 45-year career. She made her home in Atlanta for over 40 years before returning to Eastman in 2007. She survived a near death car accident, where she lost her first husband in 1952, but went on to live a long wonderful life. She was a sweet humble lady and was always thinking of others, following the example of her Savoir Jesus Christ and her creator Jehovah God.
She was the granddaughter of the late Ben M. and Emma Womble Burch and Martin and Nancy Ann Parkerson Taylor, all of Dodge County. In addition to her parents and grandparents, she is preceded in death by one son, Karl Tanner; two husbands, Fred Tanner and Jim Youngblood; one brother, Carlton S. Burch; one nephew, Tim J. Smith; one great nephew, Tim M. Smith; one brother-in-law, Willard Smith and one nephew-in-law, Ottis Barton.
She is survived by one sister, Ernestine B. Smith; two nieces, Jan Burch Barton of Tifton and Kathy G. Smith of Eastman; one nephew, Chad W. Smith of Eastman; two great-nieces, Tonia Waldrop (Lee) and Jana Jackson (Dusty), both of Tifton, two great nephews, Jason C. Smith (Jennifer) of Dallas and Jarrett M. Smith of Atlanta; three great-great nieces, Courtney Waldrop and Amber Waldrop of Tifton and Mckenna Grace Smith of Dallas and one great-great nephew, Dylan Jackson of Tifton.
Kevin Rogers was the pianist and Chad W. Smith was the soloist for the funeral service.
Hardy-Towns Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.

Anita Hooks Evans, age 84, of Eastman, died Thursday, June 22, 2017, at the Heart of Georgia Nursing Home in Eastman.
Funeral services were at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, 2017, at Empire Pentecostal Holiness Church, with Reverend Tim Lamb Reverend Charles Hanson and Reverend Bunion Bridgers officiating. Interment followed in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Mrs. Evans was born in Dodge County to her late parents, Dora Mae White Hooks and James William Hooks. She was a member of Empire Pentecostal Holiness Church and retired from Reeves Brothers Cotton Mill. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Edward Evans; one son, Billy Evans; one grandson, Matthew Earnest; one son-in-law, Stewart Earnest and seven siblings.
She is survived by two daughters, Marilyn Lane (Mickey) of Eastman and Carol Elaine Earnest of Warner Robins; one son, Carl Evans (Brenda) of Eastman; one sister, Dena Payne of Eastman; eight grandchildren, Wes Evans, Wendy Rogers (Ken), Keeli Wadley (Scott), Jenna Evans, Carla Hernandez (Hector), Gina Coleman (Mike), Marc Lane and Ashley Peacock (Lee); 15 great-grandchildren and three great-great grandchildren.
Those serving as pallbearers were Wes Evans, Dalton Mullis, Nicholas Evans, Kaleb Medders, Willie Spires and Graham Snyder.
Hardy-Towns Funeral Home of Eastman is in charge of arrangements.

Dear editor:
Just pick up a newspaper, magazine or listen to the lame stream socialist indoctrination news media, and see the pure vile hatred of left wing propaganda reporting on President Trump, this is evident when they say everything negative about him, even when it’s NOT true, and they don’t give him credit for his accomplishments. President Trump went to Saudi Arabia recently, where he saw the signing of $110 billion in immediate American arms sales (largest ever!) and $350 billion in other sales over the next ten years; he’s creating JOBS!
The king of Saudi Arabia met President Trump at the airport when he landed, that was something that the king never did for that embarrassment we had for a president, Hussein Obama. President Trump is mending fences with an important Muslim leader who will help fight our sworn enemy, ISIS. A relationship that was broken by that “Manchurian Candidate” cretin Obama, as he cozied up to Iran, another sworn enemy to the United States of America.
And President Trump is creating hundreds of thousands of jobs in the process. The democrats think as before, we conservatives are going to lay down and roll over like a “New Orleans Bourbon Street Hooker,” and not fight back as republicans have always done, elect “RINOS” (Republican in name only). Not so! We’re going to write our newspapers on all the cheating, lying, thieving, immoral turpitude and anything else that gets our dandruff up. But most of all, VOTE!! We’ll leave the laziness in not voting on the democrats and let them do what they do best. Sit on their no account butts and collect welfare, and any other government handout. Now how about that special Georgia election on another republican win, democrats?
TSGT Joseph Bryan, U.S.A.F. Retired

Dear editor,
Summer road trip season is here and AAA expects to receive calls from over seven million stranded motorists experiencing car trouble this summer. The majority of issues the travel group anticipates will cause car problems, such as dead batteries and flat tires, can be prevented with a pre-trip vehicle inspection.
Whether you do it yourself or visit a trusted professional technician, a pre-trip vehicle check will give you peace of mind and provide the opportunity to make any necessary repairs before you hit the road.
Before leaving home, check the battery, tires, wipers and lighting, HVAC system and fluids including engine oil, power steering, brake and transmission fluids as well as washer solvent and coolant. The Car Care Council also recommends inspecting the brake system and performing a tune-up to help the engine deliver the best balance of power and fuel economy.
To be prepared for an unplanned roadside emergency, remember to fully charge cell phones before you go and bring along a vehicle emergency kit, including jumper cables, emergency flairs, first-aid kit, flashlight with extra batteries, bottled water, non-perishable food items and blankets. Keep a copy of the Car Care Council’s Car Care Guide in your glove box. Order a free copy online at www.carcare.org/car-care-guide.
Sincerely,
Rich White
Executive Director
Car Care Council

A fireworks show will be held at Memorial Stadium in Eastman on Tuesday, July 4 at dark (approximately 9:30 p.m.).

This year’s fireworks display will be put on by Santori Fireworks. Memorial Stadium will be open for spectators to view the fireworks.

Only the home side bleachers will be open to the public. Those are the bleachers closest to ChasMar. This is a free event, and everyone is invited to come witness this spectacular 4th of July fireworks display.

A list of sponsors for the 2017 fireworks show can be found in the advertisenent on Page 7A of this week’s edition of The Dodge County News.

Carl Johnson, chief of the Eastman Fire Department, would like to remind our citizens of some important safety tips during the Independence Day holidays. Our Independence Day festivities traditionally include potential fire safety hazards such as fireworks and grilling. Follow these tips to keep your celebration safe and enjoyable.

• Keep a fire extinguisher handy. If there is an accidental fire, you will be ready to put it out quickly.

• Have buckets and a hose ready, just in case a fire becomes too big for a fire extinguisher to handle.

• Do not leave a hot grill unattended. Make sure that children keep a safe distance from it.

• Some decorations include dangerous chemicals. Be sure to keep children and pets away from them.[Full Story »]

J.C. Connaway, age 87, passed away on May 29, 2017 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
A memorial celebration was held on Thursday, June 15, 2017 at Rollins Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Victor Cooper presiding and Reverend Milton Hughes officiating.
Mr. Connaway was the son of the late Lewis Connaway and Vdella Walker Connaway of Empire, Georgia.
Survivors include one daughter Maetta (Milton) Hughes of Dublin; two grandchildren, Cheryl Hughes and Kevin Hughes of Orlando, Florida; four great-grandchildren; two great-great grandchildren; one sister, Rosa Chambers of West Palm Beach, Florida and one brother, Marvin Connaway of Eastman.
Rollins Funeral Home of Eastman was in charge of arrangements.